I’ve been asked quite a few times how I feel about negative reviews. Do I read them? Do they upset me? Do they make me want to give it all up and throw myself off a cliff? The answer: it depends what day it is. I tell new authors all the time that you HAVE to have a thick skin in this business. Not everyone will like what you write and not everyone will be nice about it when they tell you just how much they don’t like it. For the most part, I stopped reading negative reviews a long time ago. Sometimes I scroll through and one catches my eye and I have to read it, but I don’t let it bother me anymore. Most of them just make me laugh.

So, I decided to have a little fun at my expense and share some of my negative reviews with you. With videos. Of my family and friends. You’re welcome.

Everyone is familiar with the little boy, Gavin, in my Chocolate Lovers series, correct? If you are, I’m sure you’ve heard me say that Gavin was based on my son. I might have stretched the truth a little. Really, they’re nothing alike:

Moving right along. In Chocolate Lovers, the main character, Claire, has a best friend named Liz. I also have a best friend named Liz. Coincidence? I think not. Some people think that it’s absurd how Claire and Liz behave and the language they use. Do the people I hang out with talk like that? My BFF would like to read the next review for you and give her take on it:

Next, we’ve got everyone’s favorite hero of Chocolate Lovers – Carter. Even in a negative review, people can’t help but love Carter. I’ve told people many times that Carter is based loosely on my husband. In the next video, my husband will be reading the review so you can see just how loosely we’re talking:

Last, but certainly not least, I give you my niece. I think this one speaks for itself:

As some of you know, my book “Watch Over Me” is very personal. It was a really hard book to write but I have never regretted doing so for one minute. The amount of people who have messaged me about this book and how it affected them has been mind blowing.

I’ve received gifts for this book that are just so thoughtful and sweet:

Today, I am so proud to show you the book trailer that Heather Maven at The Book Trailer Page put together for Watch Over Me. It’s amazing and I’ve probably watched it a hundred times so far today.

If you haven’t read this book yet, I hope you will! It’s available everywhere:

Isn’t it soooo pretty?!!! I can’t stop staring at it. My PR people have been hard at work for weeks getting this up and running and I’m so glad I can show it to you now! So take a look around and make yourself at home 🙂

Okay, on to other important crap. Worn Me Down (Playing with Fire #3) is going to be out in 15 days. FIFTEEN DAYS!!! This is my romantic suspense series filled with love, danger, suspense and hot Navy SEALS. The books do NOT end in cliffies because I freaking hate those damn things! Each book is about a different SEAL team member and can be read as a standalone, but you won’t want to do that 😉

And because I’m so excited about the release of Worn Me Down, I’ve put the first 2 books on sale so everyone can get caught up before January 21st.

Let’s see…what else…OH! Have you signed up for my mailing list yet? You should totally do that. Since Facebook sucks and limits the posts you see, I’m going to start sending out newsletters so that you’ll be able to see what contests I’m a part of, what new releases I have coming out and all that other fun stuff. So make sure you go here and sign up: